Challenging Secrecy

R2K request Nicoc’s national intelligence estimates in relation to the threat of xenophobia in the country! The Right2Know Campaign condemns in the strongest possible terms the xenophobic attacks in the past week, triggered by an alleged shooting of a youth by a Somali shop owner. R2K is particularly disappointed by the response of the government […]

R2K has submitted the following letter to the Chairperson of the Civil Aviation Regulations Committee, regarding proposed amendments to civil aviation regulations which would legalise the use of drones. As we write here, the regulations are currently silent on the need to protect the public against the massive potential for drones to be used in […]

Joint statement: R2K & SAHA welcome Police Ministry’s decision to release the National Key Points The Right2Know Campaign (R2K) and the South African History Archive (SAHA) applaud the Ministry of Police’s decision to make the list of National Key Points public. This came after the Ministry withdrew its application for leave to appeal against the […]

This article below was published by M&G: 03 Dec 2014 11:26 Chantelle Benjamin The Johannesburg high court on Wednesday ordered Minister of Police Nkosinathi Nhleko to hand over the list of national key points and national key point complexes in the next 30 days to the Right2Know Campaign (R2K) and the South African History Archive. […]

The South Gauteng High Court has given the Ministry of Police 30 days to release a public list of National Key Points. The Right2Know Campaign and the South African History Archive (SAHA) welcome this ruling, which underscores the need for transparency to prevent abuses of security policies. The judgment also highlights the damning failure by […]

This article below was published by defenceWeb.co.za: Written by Kim Helfrich, Thursday, 27 November 2014 In the week the Right2Know (R2K) campaign went to court seeking the names of the apparently verboten National Key Points, the Presidency broke the rules and published the name of one ahead of a visit by President Jacob […]

We reject laws that undermine our right to know and our right to protest! Many people now hear about the National Key Points Act because of Nkandla. We all know the story: the President’s private home was declared a National Key Point, because it was considered to be vital to national security. Then over R200-million […]

This article below was published by News24.com: 2014-11-24 15:43 Johannesburg – Disclosing the list of South Africa’s national key points will not put the country’s security and defence at risk, and ministers had even named some in Parliament, the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg heard on Monday. “If dark forces are intent on launching […]

This article below was published by TimesLIVE: Sapa | 23 November, 2014 13:40 The Right2Know Campaign (R2K) and the SA History Archive (SAHA) will on Monday argue for the police to reveal South Africa’s National Key Points in the High Court in Johannesburg. “We believe this basic transparency is an important step in countering the uncontrolled […]